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Revision of U.,K. Government expands supports for ODF from Fri, 2009-02-27 14:01

The UK government has endorsed the expanded use of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) platform and other open source software. Under the "Open Source, Open Standards and Re-Use: Government Action Plan",
the UK government will specify requirements for open standards, and
require compliance with open standards systems where feasible. The
government will support the use of ODF and it will also work to ensure
that government information is available in open formats, and it will
make this a required standard for government websites.

"The fact that the UK government will use
open standards in its procurement specifications and require solutions
to comply with open standards, is a significant development that will
ensure competition among multiple competing products on different
platforms," said OpenForum Europe chief executive Graham Taylor.

"Just
as importantly, with ODF, governments can be assured that they will
have access to important documents and records five, ten, even 20 years
from now, with no worries that software providers will discontinue
support for the format," he said.

Seventeen national and eight provincial governments around the world have now officially endorsed ODF for document exchange.